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TIL The University of Tokyo is developing a tactile hologram system. In other words, they are creating a hologram that you can touch and feel.

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6npw TIL of “imprints”, hand-reared falconry birds sexually attracted to their keepers. To breed an imprint, the keeper “lets the male bird copulate with his head” while wearing a special hat for semen collection
x74D TIL: There’s a mysterious object called the “Great Attractor” that’s pulling on every object within hundreds of millions of light years.
GQ8g TIL Russian Cosmonauts carry a gun in space.
epmgE TIL of the Christmas Eve tradition of 'Burning the Ashen Faggot'. Probably pagan in origin, and held in Devon, UK and surrounding counties, the ceremony involves the assembly of a large bundle of ash sticks bound with bands. When each band burns through a drink of cider is taken.
OA84 TIL of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, which takes song requests from hospital patients. Their list of banned songs include Stairway To Heaven, The Final Countdown and I Want To Live.